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Parents can't collect sperm after Va. man's death

A Roanoke couple who wanted to collect their son's sperm after he died wasn't able to do so.

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Va. has most registered machine guns in US

Virginia leads the nation in the number of legally owned machine guns that are fully automatic, according to federal figures.

Tags: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, machine guns, Dana Schrad, Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police,

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Missing Va. woman's remains identified

A body found in Alabama has been identified as a missing Franklin County woman.

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US judge: Va. deputy's deadly action justified

A judge in Roanoke says a Franklin County sheriff's deputy was justified when he shot and killed a man during a police call in July 2010.

Tags: Samuel Wilson, George MacAfee Frye, Riley Hodges, Franklin County

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Va. roads agency reverses contractor firing

The Virginia Department of Transportation has reversed the firing of a contractor it said failed to clean snow and ice from western Virginia highways, contributing to the stranding of motorists on Interstate 81.

Tags: infrastructure corporation of america, Virginia Department of Transportation, roanoke times, howard eley,

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